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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-11
Personal Mention.

Miss I. L. Voss is spending week with friends in
Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs Hull of Bucyrus, o., visiting
their daughter Mrs. W. G. Hagedorn.
Mrs. Alexander Spruance has returned from a three
months visit to her parents in Baltimore
State Treasurer Lemcke has taken possession of
the residence No. 49S North Pennsylvania street
Masses Grace Paul and Mamie Gallahue arrived
home from DePauw last night to spend the holidays.
Miss Edith Eareckson returned to her home in
Baltimore yesterday. after spending several weeks
Mr.. Louis Haughey and son, of Pittsburg viii ar
rive to-day to spend short time with Mr.. and Mrs.
7. ?. Haughey.
Miss Ollie Brokaw of Greenfield Ind en- route to
Fremont, Eeb, visited her brother Ccburn street
Wednesday last.
Miss Emily Bingham will go toCleveland in a few
Monde. of this city.
GEN Geo. F. McGinnis and Capt. ]. NJ. PAYER viii
read papers on the at Geo. ii. Thomas Post Hall,
next Tuesday evening.
Miss Belle Mesher of vevay, and Miss Mildred
Bookwater of Shelbyville. were guests of Miss Pye
for several days last week
Mrs J. W. Bradshaw, who has been the guest OF
her sister Mrs. R. o. Hawkins for FIVE weeks, has
returned to her home in Evanston Ill.
Miss Alice LETTERS, OF Cincinnati who has been
visiting the family of Mr.. E. G. Cornelius, on North
Meridian street, returned home yesterday
Mrs. Nan Darling, of South Point and Miss Clara
Varnum, of Miliersport, Ind, sister and neice of
Mrs. VIII G. Langdon, viii spend the holidays in the
city.
Mrs. J. II. Baldwin has been obliged to remove her
daughter, Miss Margaret who is in i'll health from
vassar College to the santarium at Battle Creek,
Mich.
Shortly before her departure for Paris. Miss Mar
garet Kackey of this city, sang in the Lucia
at Music Hall, Boston. and was received with marked
favor.
Miss Keteham will have exhibition her summer
pictures of scenery from Roam Mountain, North Caro-
lima, at Room s. Plymouth building each afternoon of
this week.
Frank Morrison, of Washington, D. c., formerly of
this city arrived in the city last night and is the
guest of Mr.. and Nh /. L. Hedges, No. 26S South
Meridian street.
Rev. a. W. Lamport has returned home from
tvoweeks service in remarkable revival at Elkhart.
and will occupy his pulpit in Centraavenue to-mor
row, both morning and evening.
Mr.. Sheppard Romans. president Of the Provident
Life Assurance Society, of New York, who has been
the guest of Messrs. Sudlow & Marsh for the past
Few days. left for Chicago last night.
Mrs Irene coolidge will become the leading sin ger
st Merdianstreet Church, and Mrs. Zelda Seguin
Wallace viii possibly take like position at the
SeconI Presbyterian Church. The Morrison quar-
tet has been re-engaged to sing Plymouth Church,
End the choirs gradually getting into shape for
The winter. The Tabernacle Church has Of the
best in the city and they render excellent grade of
composition in anthems and ofertories.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-10
Going On This Week.

Tomorrow evening there will be q
so,iable at the Floyd Street Method
list Church. Like al; sociables, tho
object is 10 get better acquainted with
one another and have good time.
On the 18th Mr.. Epps G. Knight
will lead TO the altar Miss Fannie Lee
Patton, at the Baptist church, where
the marriage vows will be exchanged.
January IL, at $3.50 p. m, Mr.. II. c.
Ayers and Miss Maggie May Ayers
will be united in marriage at the First
Presbyterian Church.
On the night of the 14th the Idle
wild Club will give another of their
elegant balls at the Merchants Ex-
change.
Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock
the Standard Club will meet at the
residence of Mrs. Robert Gibson, cor
ner Cabell and South Pearl streets.
Mrs. Sweeney will deliver an address
at the temperance meeting Thursday
night AZ the Workingmen's Hall
Tonight at 1880 the Dallas Chess
Club will hold meeting at their
rooms to take final action in regard 10
plans on their new club house.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-10

possibly ten. No lands except the por
tions used for Governmental purpose
are owned by the Government. onl,
made lands along rivers and othe'
bodies CT water. and those are sold
either TO the proprietors between who's
property and the water such lands liz
they having the first right of pur
chase--or to anybody else. A man wht
owns ten mows of land can live on the
income from il, which is ut the rate o
about eget per cent on its cost of $4C'
or $500 per NOW in the best agricultur
al districts. Cinnamon think u grea
deal Of the ownership of land, and ART
always struggling to attain it and whei
they get a bit, let go of it very reluct
antly. There are no speculative oper
ations in land, only solid investments.
A great deal of land is held by famil.
associations
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-10
Electric Light for Dallas.

Alderman Carter introduced reso-
luton at the council meeting Satur-
day night to inquire into the feasibil-
ity of lighting the city with electric
light. 1t was adopted. This is good
move. The city of Dallas should be
lighted with electricity. The city as
it is now is not lighted at all. The
scattered gas lamps flicker and blink
at one another in such weak, debili-
tated way as to shed but little light
They are too few and far between to
do much good, even if they were
double the candle power they arc.
Electric light Will give light to the
poor as well rs TO the rich. The poor
living in the suburbs will get the ben
eft of the light, whereas now they get
no benefit. Were it not for the few
private electric lights, Main and
Elm streets would have sickly,
lonesome appearance that would be
too dreary to endure. Wherever
there is an electric light there is a
bright and cheerful spot, and the dark
shadow beyond the rays of the light
is anything but pleasant.
The HERALD is glad that there is a
movement in this direction. The pco-
pc are told that the city can he fur
nished with le,tric light for $4,000,
when ii costs the city $4,000 for gas,
such proposition cannot be lightly
considered. There is not only saw
ing OF $4,000 per annum, but ten times
the light. The oomnittco Messrs.
Carter, Loeb and Brown, are cmpow-
cred to correspond with the different
manufacturers of electric light. find
out the cost and all information re-
quired, and to submit their report at
rs early date as possible.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-10
The Dallas National Bank Taxes.

The Dallas National Bank, now a
part of the City National Bank, asks
tho city to compromise its advslorem
tax. That is, the officers of the late
bank propose to pay only portion of
said tax as assessed against them. The
HERALD does not know the merits of
the case, but If II is in proportion TO
what other tax payers have paid, there
should be no compromise. Of course il
an error was committed il should be
corrected, otherwise the late bank,
which is amply able to pay its taxes,
should pay the same as other people
less fortuonate than they.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-10
Blank Bonds Lying Around
Loose.

II might DO very convenient for
some people in the position Secretary
Parry occupies to utilize the blank
water supply bonds which, according
to Mr.. Parry's report TO the city coun.
ell, are lying around loose in his of.
flee. Canada is cold cline, but some
how some people have weakness
that way, and Mr.. Parry has done
right to call the councils attention to
these blank bonds, which are n. g. at
this time, but which might be con-
verified into thousands of dollars in
cash in the hands of an INSCRIPTIONS
man and expert with the pen.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-10

Gamma Delta Society, J. L. Coulthurst
president, Miss Nettie Boles secretary, Rev.
w. b. Riggs instructor; meets every alter
room Of the Second Presbyterian Church.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-10

Every subscriber who fails to get
the HERALD is requested to report the
failure to the HERALD Office. Our car
rier system is being revised and inn
proved. and in the changes going on in
the effort to perfect 1t some omissions
win occur. Please report EVERY failure
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-10
BLACK WOLF!

Or Dac., Lcprosy, Is disease which is considered
ncurablc, but II las yielded TO the curative prop.
critics Of SwlFr's SPEcIFIc-now known all over
the world us $. s. s. Mrs bailey. OF West somcr.
villc Mnss near Boston, was attacked several years
agowih this hidcous black eruption, md WINS treat.
ed by tho best medical talent, who could only say
that the disease was species OF LEPROSY
and consequently incuraLlc IL Is impossible TO dc.
scribe her suaerings. Her body from the crown cf
her head 10 The solcs OF her feet was mass OF de.
cay. .he flesh roting OF and leaving great cavities
Her fingers iesicrcd a'd several nails dropped OF
at one tine. Her limbs contracted BY the fearful
liberation. and for years she did net leave her BIRD.
Her weight was reduced fr, n 1875 TO GO lbs comc
faint idea OF her condition can be CLEAN from
the fact that ihrcl pounds OF CosmOnc OF oint-
mcnt were used rcr week In dressing her sores.
Finally the physicians acknowledged their defeat
by this Black Wolf, ind commended the sufferer
10 her alwise Creator
Her husband hearing wonderful reports ofcwift's
Specific IS 5. S.). prevailed on her 10 try IL as
last resort. She began its use under protest, but
soon found that her system was being relieved OF
the poison. rs the sores assumed rcd and healthy
color, as though Tic blood WIS becoming pure and
active Mrs Bailey continued the $. s. s. untillas
February; every sore was healed she discarded
chair and crutchcs. and was for the first time IN u
years well woman. lie. husband, Mr.. G. A. Bal.
ley, Is In business at IN Blackstone Street, Bos
ton and will take pleasure in giving the details OF
this wonderful cure. Send 10 us for Treatise OF
Blood and Skin Diseases, mailed free.
THE sw,rr S?gci-ic Co. D:"crp fti'~f, g
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
A Great Deal is Made of Men i'm the
Universe.

We see this in the construction of
the universe. Behold the pains which
God takes to fit up this earth as home
for man! He built up the sun to light
the earth for him. The sun is so i'm
mense that it weighs as much as $685.
600 earths. He plants stars, far greater
than the earth, out in space, that he
may guide his ships by them. He
builds up heaven into which he may
receive him, when he is ready for a
higher and better life. He sends his
Son to die for him. He himself acts as
his guide and serves him. In view of
all these things we can truly say, " A
great deal is made of men in the
universe" But what of this fact that
a great deal is made of men in the
universe? 1t enjoins duty upon men.
This duty: Man should make great
deal of himself. He should recognize
bis possibilities. He should live up to
his dignity. He should glorify the God
who has glorifed him. If he lives up
to his privileges he will grow and adj
vance; if he does not, he will retrograde
and deteriorate. Naturalists tell us of
a canary that was once sweet singer
but who lost its canary nature by dwell
ing among sparrows and falling into
their ways. 1t so deteriorated that it
could do nothing and did nothing but
twitter, twitter, twitter all its days.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
A Mothers Prayers.

A gentleman said he had great faith
in mothers prayers. He believed a
mother would pray as no one else, and
prevail with God. He spoke of SOL
der who went to the war against his
mothers will, but was converted in an
answer to his mothers prayers: One
day before he left home, while he was
finishing up his preparations to go, he
went to his mothers room, and there
he found her, with her four little chill
dred around her, all kneeling with her,
and all engaged in prayer for him. His
poor mother feared he was not pre-
pared for death, and hence her I'M
willingness to have him 60 from home.
But he went. And her prayers went
with him, so that in camp, in the battle
field, on the march, everywhere he
went, he could see that mother and
four little children on their knees in
prayer for John, the son and brother.
So his mind was haunted with the
spectacle till at last he submitted to the
calls of this blessed gospel. " ! am that
son and brother John for whom that
little band on their knees prayed. Do
you suppose any of you can Tell how
precious that dear mother and those
brothers and sisters are to-day"'-Er.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
Keeping WOrshipers Awake.

In olden times many pious individu-
aside part of their worldly wealth for
keeping the members of the congrega-
ton from sleeping during divine serv-
ices. On the 18th of April, 1925, John
Ridge bequeathed to the parish of Try
sull, in Shropshire, twenty shillings a
year, that poor man might be en-
ployed to 90 about the church during
the sermon and kept he people awake.
A bequest of Richard Doyery of Farm
cote, dated 1859, had in view the pay
ment of eight shillings in the church
of Claverly, Shropshire, for similar
purpose. AT Acton church, in Chesh-
ire, about thirty years ago, one of the
church wardens used to 90 around in
the church during service with huge
wand in his hand, and if any of the
congregation were asleep they were
instantly awakened by a tap on the
head. AT Dunchurch, in Warwick
shire, similar custom existed. A per-
son bearing a stout wand, shaped like a
hay-fork at the end, stepped stealthily
up and down the nave and aisles, and
whenever he saw an individual asleep
he touched him so effectually that the
spell was broken-this being sometimes
done by fitting the fork to the nape of
the neck. A more playful method is
said to have been used in another
church, where the beadle went round
the edifice during service carrying
long staff, at one end of which
was a fox's brush, and at the other
knob. With the former he gently
tickled the faces of the female sleep
ers, while on the heads of their male
compeers he bestowed with the knob
a sensible rap.-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
An Even Balance.

A minister of the gospel was once
celebrating regarding a change in
his field of labor. The question was
whether he should remain where he was,
in comfortable position, or whether
he should leave the place where he was
preaching and go away, trusting in the
Lord, and proclaim the glad tidings of
salvation in the regions beyond. He
was unsettled as to the right course,
and consulted his friend, the tailor,
who put the case somewhat in this way:
IF, on weighing the matter you can
not decide what the path of duty is, it
must be because there is something in
one side of the scales that ought not to
be there. You take that out, and it
will be easy to decide the matter" The
minister promptly accepted the sugges-
ton, and admitted that there was some
thing in the scales the question of salary
is there, and it was this that made him
undecided. When that matter was set
aside, be found it very easy to make up
his mind as to the path of duty. 1t is
very important that we weigh our mo-
tives in an even balance. Self must
stand aside; and if we seek to serve
the Lord, we must be willing to endure
trials, privations and losses, if we may
but win Christ and be found of him in
peace. Let us weigh our acts in an
even balance. Let self-will and pride
and self-interest stand aside, while we
seek TO stand in the counsel of God and
walk in his commandments, laboring to
work his work and do his will. We
cannot we'll do much for the Lord until
we abandon our own desires and yield
ourselves servants to obey that one
Master who hath bought us with his
blood.-Ihe Common People.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
How to Get Faith.

l hear great many people say,
How am l to get faith? l would
come to Christ, but don't know how
to get faith" 1t would take months
and years to get that Now, was a
long time getting faith. l was anxious
to work for the Lord, but l wanted
faith. l wanted to get faith, but went
about it in the wrong way. / prayed
for it and did nothing else. That isn't
the way to get faith-to pray for it and
neglect the Word of God. The way to
get faith is to know wko God is; and |
never knew man or woman that was
well acquainted with God that wanted
faith. Some one said to a Scotch
woman, " You are a woman of great
faith" No." she says, GO am a
woman of little faith, but l have
great God" Now would you Just turn
a moment to the twentieth chapter of
the Gospel of John and the thirty-first
verse: "But these are written, that We
might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God; and that believing, We
might have life through his name"
Now the whole Gospel of John was
written for one purpose. John took
up his pen, and he wrote that gospel
that we might believe that Jesus Christ
was the Son of God, and that by believ-
ing we might have eternal life. And
so, instead of praying for faith, and
mourning because we haven't got faith,
let us study the Word of God and get
acquainted with the God of Israel, and
then we will have faith in him. You
can't find man or woman that is ac
quainted with God but that has strong
faith in God.-D. L. Moody.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02

DON'T you know that you cannot
afford to neglect that catarrh? Don't
you know that it may lead to consump-
ton, to insanity, to DEATH Don't you
know that it can be easily cured? Don't
you know that while the thousand
and one nostrums you have tried have
utterly failed that DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy is a certain cure? 1t has
stood the test of years, and there are
hundreds of thousands of grateful men
and women in all parts of the coun-
try who can testify to its efficacy. All
druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
Who Will Go?

Once that question was asked in
heaven on our behalf. Christ answered
it, )" Here am /, send me-" Once it
was put to the Lords prophets. Isaiah
answered, "Here am /, send me-"
Now an assembled Christ is concerned.
Who will respond, " Here, Lord, am /,
send me; even to the ends of the earth
will go at thy command?" Some of
you have decided already. The Lord
make you strong in holy purpose.
The field needs you. One thing of
special importance | would say to you.
Satisfy yourselves fully of the inspira-
ton of the Scriptures. Don't go TO
war with a culver full of arrows the
shafts of which are partly hickory and
partly mullen stalks. If missionary
believes the Scriptures are inspired only
in patches, the heather will trip up his
heels as easily as if he were standing
on ice. When you point them to the
stupid cosmogony of their sacred books,
and from thence argue their unrelia-
bility as religious guides, they will re-
tort, " But you say there are scientific
errors in your Bible, and that the Word
of your God is contained in your Scrip
lures along with some rubbish. Now
you know how to sympathize with us.
The divine truths of our religion are
contained in our Shastras. Unfor-
tunately our writers did not know every
thing, as you say yours did not, and
some rubbish has crept in ours, too"
And so, brethren, be fully persuaded
in your own minds. If you have any
lame and hating, then keep them at
home. You can bolster up their weak
ness better than we can. We want
strong and able-bodied men, who know
what they believe, and why they be-
lieve it, and are ready to assert it with
vigor.- William Ashmore, ID.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
A Rare Gift.

Most persons have opinions. Now
and then a person has convictions. A
man with an opinion is of small conse-
quence for or against cause about
which he has an opinion. A man with
a conviction is always power in the
direction of his conviction. AS a rule,
the men who have opinions are waiting
to be led by men who have convictions.
Commonly one man with a conviction
can lead, say from one hundred to five
million men who merely have opinions.
It's a great thing to have a we'll
grounded conviction-on any subject !,
and it is comparatively rare thing
lSunddv-SchOol Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02

DON'T get caught this spring with
your blood full of impurities, your di-
gestion impaired, your appetite poor,
kidneys and liver torpid and whole sys-
tenn liable to be Frustrated by disease;
but get yourself into good condition,
and ready for the changing and warmer
weather, by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
1t stands unequaled for purifying the
blood, giving an appetite, and for a
general spring medicine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02

God made man for high things and en-
dowed him with great nature, but if he
neglect his nature and dwell among
things which are below him, he will
sink beyond all recall into nature that
is low and mean. Man should make a
great deal of himself. BY doing this
he will glorify God.-Dr. d. Gregg.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
M(oral ano Religious.
Earth Weary.


For here wa have No con,inuipo cit, -,
run,u,,,s 49,,
Earth Is lonely, time hangs weary,
care sits heavy on my brow;
IJfe,s a waste NJ sorrow no,y
I1ools forward IN tho coun,rv
To a"bou.e mn, nada With bandsp
To citv with foundations
Far beyond those suffering lands
Long rye wandered, Borrowing, signing,
seeking rest but finding none;
soon will lifes sad courso ha run
soon NV feet sbali reoch tho r,,,or
Crossing IN return M mora
sa,,i,o ,o tho, d,s,an. hovo,
m ,bo co. on haa,,o,,, IT,.
One by one earth's Joys have left me,
One by one its hopes have fed;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02

THEY WILL NOT Do IT.-Those
who once take DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets" will never consent
to use any other cathartic. They are
pleasant to take and mild in their oper-
alton. Smaller than ordinary pills and
enclosed in glass walls; virtues unim-
paired. BY druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
The Great Rock Island Route

The Great Rock Island Route
Guarantees Speed, Comfort and Safety to those who
travel over Its roadbed Is thoroughly hallased IL
q stone and iron IL rolling stock Is perfect human
mechanical genius has invented and experence proved
methodical-its discipline strict and exacting The lux
Of Its passenger accommodation is uneQualed In
the West-upsurpassed in the world.
All Express Trains between Chicago and the Missouri
River consist of Comfortable Day Coaches. magnificent
Pullman Palace Parlor and Sleeping Cars, elegant
Dining Cars providing excellent meals, and-hetween
Reclining Chair Cars.
The Famous Albert Lea Route
Is the direct favorite line between Chicago and Mime
apos and ST. Paul over this solid Fast Express
localities and hunting and fishing grounds OF Iowa and
interior Dakota are reached via Watertown. short,
desirable route via Seneca and Kankakee offers supe
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danapolis, Lafayette and Council Bluffs, St. Joseph,
Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas City Minneapolis, ST.
Paul and intermediate points, All classes of patrons,
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officials and employees OF Rock Island trains protection
respectful courtesy and kindly treatment.
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